Goring Church of England Aided Primary School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 4–11 · Reading, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.594 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2013–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Goring Church of England Aided Primary School is a primary school in Reading, Oxfordshire for ages 4–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Improved significantly, from the inspection on 4 December 2024. Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2013 to 2026 entry.
Goring Church of England Aided Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 1.594 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 6 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026 the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.594 miles away: 27th longest of the 73 Oxfordshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.23 miles).
- Reception 2026 drew 20 first-choice applications for 20 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 5 of the 42 applications (12%) came from outside Oxfordshire, receiving 0 offers.
- In 2024/25, 81% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 12% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Ofsted's latest outcome, on 4 December 2024, was Improved significantly; the previous graded outcome was Good, on 4 November 2014.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Oxfordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Wallingford Road, Goring-on-Thames, Reading, RG8 0BG
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 170 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Improved significantly Inspected 4 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at this harmonious and happy school.”
- “Each morning they arrive excited to learn.”
- “The school is highly ambitious that all pupils develop a sense of belonging, believe in themselves and achieve.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 January 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 81% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 20 first-preference applications, 20 offers in total, 20 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Oxfordshire.
- South Stoke Primary School 1.4 mi No Ofsted grade
- Woodcote Primary School 2.8 mi School remains Good
- Whitchurch Primary School 3.4 mi Good
- Cholsey Primary School 3.5 mi Good
- Checkendon Church of England (A) Primary School 3.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St John's Primary School 4.8 mi School remains Good
- Crowmarsh Gifford Church of England School 4.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Stoke Row CofE Primary School 4.9 mi Good